Inevitable: Scottie Scheffler catches the third leg of a beauty with a dominant open win

In the middle of the battle, Rory McIlroy said what everyone already thinks.

“Scottie Scheffler is …” Mcicroy began during his post-round interview of television on Saturday night.

He gave way quickly: “That’s inevitable.”

“He probably regrets that word,” Mcilroy’s Pal Shane Lawry said later.

Only McIlroy couldn’t be right. Scheffler started the last round Sunday of 153. The open championship four shots clean from the field. And as if he had done many times before, he never lets go. Steely Scheffler attacked the royal portrush early irresponsibly, pushing up to 17 below and advantage with seven shooting. He would slide, even though lightly, his leadership back into four, before he quickly regroups comfortably winning his fourth main title – and the third leg in his career Grand Slam.

Finally, Scheffler’s victory came four shots for Harris English, but it seemed so bigger than that.

Just 15 minutes from the giant cause, Scheffler hardened firmly, if it wasn’t already, like the chase version of Thanos – if Thanos wore the Bible.

“He currently sets a professional golf standard,” said English as Scheffler played the final hole.

At the beginning of this year, the curiosity of Robert Macintyre led the growing Scot to check some numbers, especially how far from them he was from player no. 1 in different statistics. It was not long before Macintye’s statistics must be adjusted.

“He went no. 2 because he realized,” Macintyr said. “I mean, when we checked the statistics, Scheffler was further in front of 2 in the world than I was wherever I was … on No.

Scheffler entered the year of the last largest ranked ranked in the heads obtained, the category he led each of the last three seasons. He was also at the top of Tee, 25. around the green and is easily the most prominent, 22. in putting. All in all, it was almost a shot better than the next best player, Rory Mcicroy, got over 2.6 shots per round on the ground.

With a flat path, Scheffler has improved from 162 two years ago on no. 77 Last year.

“His placing is obvious night and day,” Matt Fitzpatrick, who played with Scheffler on Saturday. “From what you are talking about how bad it was at one time; I didn’t miss him in that period. He missed him that the difference was taken to that unsurpassed ride, which annoyed that Phil Kenyon shared those secrets.”

Scheffler’s improved putting helped him raise 19 birds and eagles, but he also led to a key steam in the wound, including Front Nine Sundays, where they grow in 16 feet and 15-footing in the seventh of 15 years. The latter encouraged a solid pump with a fist waist from Scheffler.

Before his double Bogee, Scheffler, who leads the tour in Bogey avoiding, he left 32 holes without the badness or worse.

And speaking about that double, where Scheffler hit a hanging bunker with a lip and remained before Scheffler decided to set up to 120 meters, Scheffler became the first open champion in the final round.

And on Cue, the leader of the tour of the volleyball on full access within 5 feet on a par-4 ninth and rolled in a bird to extend him to five recordings.

From there, inevitability. A simple bird at 15. and eight pairs.

Scheffler, at the age of 29, now is 18. The player captured at least three of the four guidelines, one of the 12 – and only one of the three active players along with Phil Mickelson and Jordan, without all four legs. Scheffler’s first career straw offer will come to the next summer, open up on Shinnecock hills.

As Scheffler’s father, Scott, said Scheffler accepted his family, including his wife Meredith and son Bennett, only 18. Green: “I have no words.”

There were also other titles until Sunday night:

Chris Gotterup, playing his first open after last week Genesis Scotsish Open Open, he published his best main goal (solo third) and threw his way into the American Ride image. Speaking about the grandmother, Wyndham Clark has for the first time largely limited damage to the great, tying for the fourth. Clark’s 197 closing a total of 54 holes was just a shy Henrik Stenson record and matched Bryson Dechambea, which was roared after starting 7 hours, playing his second career open top-10 and probably to some another career berth. Haotong Lee, eight years after Solo Third in Royal Birkdale, he gave all Chinese reason to celebrate again.

McIlroy took a shower in praise all of the week, home, which predicted the return of Mcilroj, because it was emotional missed in 2019. years.

“This could be one of the coldest moments I’ve ever had on the golf course,” McIlroy said about his eagle on Saturday at 12, which set fire to McIlroy Verni.

Still, none of these stories really matter. Instead, there were significant footnotes for Scheffler’s latest layer of domination.

Scheffler played a couple-3 in 6 within this week, the best of such an open performance ever.

He ranked first in the moves of acquired access and putting.

He is the first player since John Henry Taylor conquer each of his first four main titles at least three shots. Taylor won his 4th Chief 1909. years, more than 100 years ago.

He is just a fifth to the conversion of each of their first of 54 holes in the pageans in the trophies, although there are 10 more to go to the tiger wood.

We sure could go for a lot of time here …

“Having some such to keep us watching and keep us all chases, it’s great,” Tommy Fleetwood said. “I think it’s obvious if he still goes the way he is, we’ll all look back and talk about him in the same breath as some of all the weather big.” And it is played in our generation. “

But is Scheffler already there?

Woods lasted exactly 1.197 days after the first main title to win their neighborhood. And Scheffler? Tense, same: A thousand, a hundred and ninty-seven.

“If Scottiene’s legs remained stable, and his swing looked like Adam Scott, we would talk about him, said Tiger Woods,” Tiger Woods said. “I just don’t think it looks so perfect, we don’t talk about it.”

Spieth, who preceded Scheffler’s Star from Dallas, the points more in Scheffler’s ungodic personality. Surely, Scheffler can talk to them with the best of them at home, but he is the same guy who, as earlier this week, said to win the big championships, “What is the point?”

“He didn’t care to be a superstar,” Spieth said. “Don’t cross the game as a tiger. He didn’t necessarily lead him in a non-golf audience. He often wants something. … I think it’s more differences from any other superstar you’ve seen and perhaps in any sport.

“I don’t think anyone is like him.”

No, nor close.

“I don’t think we thought the golf world would see someone as predominantly as a tiger to pass so fast, and here’s Scottie, so that’s somehow overcome that throne of domination,” said Xander Schauffel. “You can’t even say it’s on run. He just killed him for more than two years.

“Man is hard to win, and when you see his name on the leader, it’s bullshit for us.”